21-24 May 2025 in Dakar (Senegal),
Current Trends in the Biographical Study of Youth in Violent Extremism in Africa
Conveners: Dr Yunus Dumbe, Religious Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Dr Musa Ibrahim, Anthropology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi, Ghana; Prof Adam Sandor, Sociology, University of Bayreuth, Germany; Dr Chapane Mutiua, African Studies, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique; Dr Mamadou Bodian, Sociology, IFAN/UCAD Dakar. In collaboration with IFAN/Cheikh Anta Diop University (Dakar), Goethe University (Frankfurt) and Point Sud (Bamako).
8-11 July 2025 in Stellenbosch (South Africa),
Furthering Digital Sovereignty and Rights in Africa
Conveners: Dr Jess Auerbach, Anthropology, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Dr Mohammad Amir Anwar, African Studies and Development, University of Edinburgh, UK; Dr Alena Thiel, Social Anthropology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Dr Toke Møldrup Wolff, African Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Andrew Crawford, PhD-Candidate, Political Science/Economics, GIGA Hamburg, Germany. In collaboration with STIAS (Stellenbosch), Goethe University (Frankfurt) and Point Sud (Bamako).
14-18 July 2025 in Accra (Ghana),
Extractivism: Towards a Gendered and Transdisciplinary Approach at the Threshold between Land and Sea
Conveners: Prof Henriette Gunkel, Media Studies, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany; Dr Asanda-Jonas Benya, Sociology, STIAS and University of Cape Town, South Africa; Dr Dzifa Gertrude Torvikey, Research Fellow, Institute of Social Statistical Economic Research, University of Ghana; Dr Mjiba Frehiwot, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Africa Studies, University of Ghana. In collaboration with the Institute for African Studies (Accra), Goethe University (Frankfurt) and Point Sud (Bamako).
16-20 September 2025 in Stellenbosch (South Africa),
Urban-Religious Worldmaking in Africa: Comparative Experiments
Conveners: Dr Asaf Augusto, Human Geography/Study of Religion, University of Bayreuth, Germany; Prof Johara Berriane, Social and Cultural Anthropology/Islamic Studies, University of the Bundeswehr, Munich, Germany; Prof (jun.) Benjamin Kirby, Study of Religion/African Studies, University of Bayreuth, Germany; Dr Francis Sibanda, Urban Studies/Governance Studies, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa. In collaboration with STIAS (Stellenbosch), Goethe University (Frankfurt) and Point Sud (Bamako).
21-25 October 2025 in Dakar (Senegal),
Ordinary Infrastructures: African Articulations of Urban Infrastructures Beyond the Other
Conveners: Dr Amadou Dramé, History, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal; Dr Austin Dziwornu Ablo, Development Geography, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana; Moritz Kasper, PhD-Candidate, Spatial Plannng, Technical University Dortmund, Germany; Dr Raffael Beier, Spatial Planning, Technical University Dortmund, Germany; Prof Sophie Schramm, Spatial Planning, Technical University Dortmund, Germany; Dr Wangui Kimari, Anthropology, American University, Nairobi, Kenya. In collaboration with the Cheikh Anta Diop University (Dakar), Goethe University (Frankfurt) and Point Sud (Bamako).
12-15 November 2025 in Accra (Ghana),
Climate Crisis Adaptation, Local Level Resilience and Conflict: Dynamics, Trends and Patterns
Conveners: Prof Abosede Omowumi Babatunde, Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria; Dr Sabine Mannitz, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt – Member of the Leibniz Association, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Dr Samuel Aniegye Ntewusu, History, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana. In collaboration with the Institute for African Studies (Accra), Goethe University (Frankfurt) and Point Sud (Bamako).
Date and Place to be announced,
Africa’s Waterways : Technology, Mobility and Skill in a Changing World
Conveners: Dr Jethron Akallah, History/Archeology, Maseno University, Kisumu, Kenya; Dr Valerie Hänsch, Anthropology, Ethnological Museum Berlin, Germany; Dr Peter Lambertz, Anthropology, ULB Brussels, Belgium; Dr N’gna Traoré, Anthropology, University of Bamako, Mali. In collaboration with the Goethe University (Frankfurt) and Point Sud (Bamako).
Date and Place to be announced,
Queer in Africa: Crisis, Frictions, Futures
Conveners: Dr B Camminga, Migration, Refugee Studies, Queer Studies, Transgender Studies, Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICI), Berlin, Germany; Dr Caio Simões de Araújo, History and Anthropology, University of the Western Cape, South Africa; Dr Carmeliza Rosário, Anthropology, Michelsen Institute, Norway; Dr Judite Chipenembe, Anthropology, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique; Dr Ruth Ramsden-Karelse, Literature and Cultural Studies, Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICI), Berlin Germany; Dr Serawit Debele, Religious Studies, Sexuality Studies, University of Bayreuth, Germany. In collaboration with the Goethe University (Frankfurt) and Point Sud (Bamako).
16-20 February 2026 in Maputo (Mozambique),
Moving Women: Mobility of People, Cross-Border Reflections and Practices of Care
Conveners: Prof Andrea Behrends, Social Anthropology, University of Leipzig, Germany; Dr Sandra Manuel, Social Anthropology, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique; Miriam Adelina Ocadiz Arriaga, PhD candidate, Engaged Scholarship Narratives of Change, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Dr Catherina Wilson, Social Geography, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Dr Nanneke Winters, Migration and Development, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, part of Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Dr Diana Zeca, Sociology, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane and Matabicho-Feminista, Social Researcher, LGBTQIA+ activist, Maputo, Mozambique. In collaboration with the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Maputo), Goethe University (Frankfurt) and Point Sud (Bamako).